Students are back in their Newton County classrooms, and everyone at Alcovy High School is enthusiastic and ready for a new school year, according to the school’s new principal, Sandra Owens. A little more than 1,500 students attended the first day of school at Alcovy Friday. Owens said Newton County School System Superintendent Samantha Fuhrey greeted her at the school; Essex Bank, one of the high school’s Partners in Education, brought AHS teachers doughnuts and juice to start their day; and lunch in the cafeteria with the schools students’ went smoothly.